Meloni calls on the UN for a “war” against migrant trafficking after the crisis in Lampedusa

The Prime Minister of Italy appealed on Wednesday to United Nations to launch a “merciless global war”against human traffickers, following a wave of arrivals of immigrants to the island of Lampedusa.

In his speech at UN General Assemblythe far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni I say that Italywho next year will be at the head of G7 – made up of the most powerful democracies on the planet – is ready to lead efforts against “third millennium slave traders”.

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“Can an organization like this, which reaffirms faith in the dignity and value of human beings in its founding document, turn a blind eye to this tragedy?Meloni wondered.

“I believe it is the duty of this organization to reject any hypocritical approach to this problem and wage a merciless global war against human traffickers.”, he indicated.

“To do this, we need to work together at all levels. Italy plans to be on the front line of this problem”.

Meloni, who leads the radical party Brothers from Italytook office in part thanks to his promises to reduce immigration.

Around 8,500 people disembarked on the island of Lampedusain southern Italy, where they arrived in 199 boats between Monday and Wednesday last week, according to the International Organization for Migration From the UN.

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The immigrant group is mainly composed of people from Sub-Saharan Africa who went to Tunisiaa country plunged into an economic crisis and whose president, Kais Saiedattacked dark-skinned people.

Meloni blamed the immigrant smugglersdescribing them as “mafia“Whoever earns as much as drug dealerand assured that Italy could also work to address the causes and help African nations.”grow and prosper”.

“Africa is not a poor continent. On the contrary, he is rich and has strategic resources.” he added.

Source: Elcomercio

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